From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753769AbZIBWjX (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:39:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753754AbZIBWjW (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:39:22 -0400 Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]:52772 "EHLO rgminet12.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753747AbZIBWjV (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:39:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:37:39 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Jan Kara , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsync: wait for data writeout completion before calling ->fsync Message-ID: <20090902223739.GE7729@mail.oracle.com> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Jan Kara , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, LKML References: <1251899966-7316-1-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <20090902221838.GA5311@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090902221838.GA5311@lst.de> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. X-Red-Smith: Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Source-IP: acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4A9EF40E.009C:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 12:18:38AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > - ocfs2_sync_file: > > does it's own data writeback, but no wait. probably needs the wait. The journal force commit will wait in ordered mode. In writeback mode we currently allow the usual writeback problem. Joel -- "There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem." - George Bernard Shaw Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127